April 13, 2023

“The earth laughs in flowers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

LOOK UP YOUR DISTRICT STATS

YOUR NEW COPY OF WPSBA'S FACTS & FIGURE$ could already be in your district office just waiting to be distributed. You can look up your average class size by grade, % of 4 and 2 year college attendance, who offers Pre-K, and the current year budget data. We hope you'll make good use of the info we have gathered, but be sure to read through the key before perusing this year's book to see some of our updated sources.

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NEXT STEPS IN STATE TESTING

ARE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THE STATE tests have changed? NYSED is labeling these changes as leaving more room for local control, but covering less material does nothing to resolve the main complaints about taking up too much class time, the lengthy grading process, and the fact that results are not released until after the school year. Some believe, however, that any data is helpful in guiding curriculum and instruction going forward.

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UNDER STATE CONTROL, EDUCATION POLICY IS INFLUENCED BY GOVERNORS

BROOKINGS IS ANALYZING EDUCATION POLICY proposals based on governors' 2023 State of the State addresses to see exactly how state leadership is planning to strengthen the teaching profession, expand affordable childcare and pre-k, and attempt to save the taxpayers money. Governors across the country are trying to address teacher shortages, yet are also expanding private school subsidies. A number of governors are pushing Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), ostensibly to increase school choice, but which typically directs public education funding to families who are already paying for private school.

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